:06:01
We're on a split shift.
:06:02
We went to school until fifth grade,
then we split.
:06:06
How do you intend to better yourselves?
:06:09
Better ourselves? You hear what he said?
Better ourselves?
:06:13
Mister, when you're from Skid Row,
ain't no such thing.
:06:23
''Alarm goes off at 7:00
:06:28
''And you start uptown
:06:33
''You put in your eight hours
:06:35
''For the powers that have always been''
:06:41
Sing it, child.
:06:44
''Till it's 5:00 p.m.
:06:52
''Then you go
:06:53
''Downtown
Where the folks are broke
:06:56
''You go downtown
Where your life's a joke
:06:59
''You go downtown
Where you buy your token
:07:03
''And you go
:07:05
''Home to Skid Row
:07:12
''Yes, you go
:07:13
''Downtown
:07:14
''Where the cabs don't stop
:07:16
''Downtown
:07:17
''Where the food is slop
:07:20
''Downtown
Where the hopheads flop in the snow
:07:25
''Down on Skid Row
:07:29
''Uptown, you cater to a million jerks
:07:33
''Uptown, you're messengers
And mailroom clerks
:07:36
''Eating all your lunches
At the hotdog carts
:07:39
''The bosses take your money
Then they break your hearts
:07:42
''Uptown you cater to a million whores
:07:45
''Disinfect terrazzo
On their bathroom floors
:07:48
''Your jobs are really menial
:07:50
''You make no bread
And then at 5:00 you head
:07:54
''By subway
:07:55
''Downtown
:07:57
''Where the guys are drips
:07:59
''Downtown